South
Korean shipyard Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co Ltd
(DSME) announced in a statement Monday that it has obtained an order
from the Royal Malaysian Navy to build six Missile Surface Corvettes
(MSC). According to the statement, three vessels will be built and assembled
in South Korea starting from January 2018 while the rest will be block
built in South Korea and assembled in Malaysia with DSME's cooperation.

The statement, which did not mentioned the value of the deal, said the
deal is subject to final approval by the Malaysian government.

DSME introduced
the Missile Surface Corvette at DSA 2014

Navy Recognition reported during DSA 2014, the 14th Defence
Services Asia Exhibition and Conference held in April in Kuala Lumpur
(Malaysia), that Korean shipbuilder DSME introduced for the first
time its Missible Surface Corvette (MSC).

The MSC model shown at DSA 2014 was fitted with a 76mm Oto Melara
main gun, 4x Kongsberg NSM anti-ship missiles, 2x MSI 30mm guns
located aft, and several South Korean made sensors, most of them
from Samsung Thales.

DSME representatives at the trade show stressed however that configuration
is just a suggestion and that they are ready to adapt according
to customer requirements.

DSME's MSC
has a length of about 85.5 meters

DSME's
MSC has a length of about 85.5 meters, a breadth of 12.9 meters, a
draft of 3.8 meters for a displacement of about 1,800 tons.

The MSC crew consists of 60 sailors. Its top speed is 26 knots and
endurance in excess of 20 days.